Recap: Oregon at Purdue

Sadness…this was the feeling throughout Ross Ade stadium after the extremely heart-wrenching loss of the Purdue Boilers against the mid-ranked Oregon Ducks. Although Purdue was thought to not have much of a chance against this formidable opponent; they had a showing of leadership and immaculate play by both the offense and defense. Within the first two plays of the game Purdue’s, Kory Sheets had an eighty yard run that put Purdue up by seven points. By the end of the first half Purdue had proved to the Oregon players that they came to play and that they would not give the game up that easily; although being underdogs.
Consequently, the Ducks brought their A-game in the second half. They started the second half out by going three and out and Ross Ade was going crazy it had been twenty some straight games that the Boilermakers had gone without beating a ranked opponent. Then suddenly in the blink of the eye, with four minutes left in the third quarter Oregon’s punt returner, Jarius Byrd, saw the opening but then suddenly it closed up but with a quick step to the left then a spin to the right there it was again and he was gone for a touchdown. Ross Ade went silent and in the student section you could hear whispering of “WHAAAAAA…how in the hell did he do that” or “DAAAYYYYMMMM…did you see that bro.” This was the turning point for the Purdue Boilers for after that they started falling apart; although they really didn’t have much of a showing coming out of the locker room after halftime. Anyways, two drives later Justin Roper and LeGarrette Blount created a drive that ended with LeGarrette Blount scoring his third touchdown of the season. A field goal by each team was then provided by each kicker and the score was tied, 23-23, with 5:06 left on the clock in the fourth quarter Purdue had the ball and a chance to win the game. As Purdue began to gain momentum and drive down the field they suddenly got stopped on the twenty seven yard line and began to panic, then the game was up to Junior Kicker Chris Summers who had made all his pats and field goals up to this one. It was a forty-forty yarder with a cross wind. Then right before he was about to kick it Oregon called a timeout to try and ice him. It worked because when the ball was hiked he kicked and the ball went wide left. Which meant OVERTIME!!!!!!!!!
In overtime Purdue went three and out and then kicked a field goal as did Oregon. Then in double overtime Purdue had the ball first and scored a field goal and then when Oregon got the ball they made a run and LeGarrette Blount scored the game winning overtime touchdown. Purdue put up an amazing fight but in the end could not get the job done.